Changing Trend Chart Tag Format

Procedure

  1. Create or select an active chart.
  2. Click the down arrow on the legend.
    A drop-down menu appears and allows you to select Edit, Switch Y-Axis, Use as X-Axis, and Remove.
  3. Click Edit.
    The Chart Editor dialog box appears.
  4. Select the format to change:
    • Select Series: Highlights your currently selected tag, which means that all additional changes in this editor will apply to this tag.
    • Type: Changes the way the Historian information for this tag is displayed in this chart as either: Line (default), Area, Scatter, or Statistics. The Statistics chart changes the line to a box and whisker plot and provides the minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation, and data sample counts within the interval as determined by the Historian Sampling Mode for the chart as you hover your cursor over the tag.
    • Color: Lets you choose from a drop-down menu of 18 pre-existing colors.
  5. Click OK when you are finished.